Legal Question in Criminal Law in Michigan

Re: expungement

5 years after your conviction date. But you can set aside only one conviction ... and it must be your one and only criminal (felony or misdemeanor) conviction anywhere. Even a 2nd misdemeanor as insignificant as DWLS will bar you (under current Michigan law) from setting aside any conviction.

An on-line resource is found at :

http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/criminal/setaside_help.htm

This is with the State Court Administrative Office.

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